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Zimbabwe, which has an inflation rate into the millions, has just introduced the Z$100 billion (100,000,000,000) note. But even Zimbabwe, which became independent from Britain in 1980, is still far what Germany was in the 1920s - in 1924, the 100 TRILLION mark note was introduced...

Prince William has incorporated his mother's family logo in his new Order of the Garter crest. William was recently made only the 1000th member of the world's oldest order of chivalry, founded by King Edward III in 1348. The Black Prince, Edward III's son, was the first Knight of the Garter...

A British soldier who dived on an exploding grenade to save three comrades has been awarded the George Cross. Since its inception in 1940 by King George VI, the GC has been awarded just 158 times. George Cross for hero who fell on bomb Drama ... graphic shows how Matt Croucher leaped...

The Guardian newspaper, famous for its Left-Wing views, was full of members of the public pouring venom on former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - even wishing her death. What is it that makes Lefties - such as these Guardianistas - so angry compared to the Right? QUENTIN LETTS: Rejoicing...

Are you Roman tonight? Statue of 'Elvis' chiselled 1800 years before his birth goes under the hammer By Niall Firth 22nd July 2008 Daily Mail With his dashing chiselled features, swept back hair and perky bouffant the resemblance is unmistakable. But incredibly this carving of Elvis...

Police forces across Britain have been told that they must WARN criminals before setting their dogs on them - in case the criminals are frightened or allergic to the dogs. This is the kind of thing thathappens when namby-pamby Lefties are left in charge.... Police told to warn criminals...

Willow Walks is a new competition to find Britain's best village cricket grounds. Forget mundane sports such as baseball, where the best view to be had during a game is the opposite grandstand full of obese, sweaty, baseball-capped red-necks dripping tomato ketchup down their shirts. In...

Showjumping is trying to update its stuffy image - by persuading two of its young female riders to strip off for a photoshoot..... Forgotten your jodhpurs, girls? Showjumping makes a desperate bid to find a new 21st Century image By Ian Stafford 20th July 2008 Daily Mail It's not a pose...

Seven members of a London gang were jailed for a total of 63 years yesterday for trying to behead a rival man. Thavapalasingham and Kirubananantharasa Gunaratnam, 32 were sentenced to a minimum of 12 years with no chance of parole before that time. Factory worker Sabesan Sivaneswaran, 19...

Here are some photographs of some of the hidden treasures of London's Natural History Museum, one of the world's great museums and Britain's most popular cultural tourist attraction.... Natural History Museum: natural wonder 19/07/2008 The Telegraph Few people get to glimpse the...

Dr Rowan Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury (and possibly the most politically correct one in history), said recently that Christinianity is offensive to Islam. What mystifies the Daily Mail's Peter Hitchens is why Britain has suddenly become so politically correct over the last few...

The EUSSR has now banned Peking Duck. For people in Britain and other EU nations who enjoy eating Peking Duck I'm afraid you can only eat it if you go abroad. Peking Duck is Britain's most popular Chinese dish... EU bans Peking Duck forcing council snoopers to shut down restaurant ovens...

England and Wales has the third-highest homicide rate in Western Europe after Belgium, Finland and France (though it's much, much, much lower than that of the US and slightly lower than that of Canada), though violent assault is much higher in England and Wales than it is the US and Canada and...

An eerie image caught on camera is believed to be that of a soldiers that was killed during the Battle of Naseby, on 14th June 1645, during the English Civil War. The battle was fought between the Parliamentarian army (the Roundheads) and the Royalist army (the Cavaliers) in Northamptonshire...

The British are the richest people in Europe - but money doesn't always mean happiness. Despite the material wealth of the British, only the Republic of Ireland has a worst standard of living ............. Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Brits low in good life table By DAVID WOODING...

A group of die-hard Manchester City fans are travelling to their team's UEFA Cup qualifying match tomorrow - by trawler. The English team are playing EB/Streymur, a team from the tiny kingdom of the Faroe Islands, situated just north of Britain. The population of the Faroe Islands is just...

In a recent poll, the British public voted King George IV as Britain's worst-ever monarch. When his father, George III, was mad in the early 1800s, George IV reigned over the country as Prince Regent before he actually became king, all the time spending too much money and making nasty comments...

The Princess Royal, the Queen's only daughter, wants to fulfil her ambition - visiting every single lighthouse in Scotland. The princess is the patron of a charity (Northern Lighthouse Board) that looks after Scotland's 215 lighthouses (her father, Prince Philip, is the patron of the charity...

A new species of slug has just been discovered in Britain that has razor-sharp teeth and eats worms. Now another new species of bug has been discovered in Britain - an insect caught scuttling around London's grand Natural History Museum. By the looks of things, if you wish to discover a new...

South Africa fought back on the fourth and fifth days of the game against England to earn a draw. The first round in the battle to be known as the second-best team in the world ended up very much as a stalemate and the game ended on a gentlemen's agreement between the two team...